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Information Society Statistics
Information Society: October-December 2004
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Date: 26 January 2005 No. : 11/2005
Time of release: 11.00 hrs
Theme:
Industry and Services
Internet Subscriptions
This release provides indices from 2003 to the 4th quarter 2004. In the fourth quarter of
2004, the internet subscriptions index rose by 12.3 per cent from 232.3 in 2003 to 249.2
in 2004. The rate of internet subscriptions per 100 population reached 21.9, up from
19.6 per 100 population recorded in the same period in 2003.The number of narrow
band and broad band subscriptions reached 53,582 and 34,388 respectively.
T. V Licences and Cable Subscriptions
T. V Licences as end of December 2004 stood at 123,177 amounting to 30.7 per 100
population. In the same quarter, the cable subscriptions index rose by 1.6 per cent from
123.8 to 125.8. Cable television subscriptions amounted to 25.1 per 100 population as
at the end of the forth quarter of 2004.
Telephone Communication
In the period under review, the mobile phone subscriptions index showed an increase of
6.9 per cent . The number of mobile telephones reached 308,401 in absolute terms; that
is 76.8 per 100 population. The number of contract based mobile telephone
subscriptions reached 23,780. The number of card plan mobile telephone subscriptions
reached 284,621. In the fourth quarter this year, the number of minutes consumed to
mobile networks amounted to over 31.2 million minutes while those directed to the fixed
line network amounted to around 9.4 million minutes. This signified a drop of 0.5 per
cent and 2.6 per cent respectively. Drops of 1.4 per cent and 25.1 per cent respectively
were recorded in the number of SMS and MMS in the quarter under review. The minutes
consumed for the WAP service stood at 24,467 in the period under review.
In the fourth quarter of 2004, the fixed telephone subscriptions indices rose by 1.2 per
cent from 103.4 in 2003 to 104.6 in 2004. The number of minutes used in fixed line
telephony on local calls increased by around 1.8 million when compared to the third
quarter 2004. The recorded rise was in the use of business fixed telephone lines for
local calls purposes. This amounted to around 2.8 million. A drop of over 1 million
minutes was recorded in the use of household fixed line telephones for local calls. The
amount of minutes taken up by international calls from fixed line telephones decreased
by around 0.2 million minutes in the fourth quarter when compared to the previous
quarter. The number of international calls from fixed telephone lines decreased by 13.3
per cent when compared to the third quarter 2004.
In the fourth quarter this year, the use of VOIP reached around 6 million minutes; an
increase of around 2.5 million minutes over the period last year.
The pager
subscriptions index decreased by 4.8 per cent from 86.3 to 82.2 over the fourth quarter
in 2003 and 2004 respectively.
Compiled by:
Business Statistics Unit e-mail: [email protected] Tel: 25997359
2000=100
2004
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q4
Internet subscriptions
223.6
227.7
232.3
249.2
279.8
12.3
Fixed telephony subscriptions
103.1
103.1
103.3
103.4
104.6
1.2
Mobile telephony subscriptions
375.1
375.9
383.7
396.2
423.5
6.9
Pager subscriptions
88.8
86.3
85.4
86.3
82.2
-4.8
Cable subscriptions
119.9
121.7
123.2
123.8
125.8
1.6
Satellite subscriptions
418.6
412.2
415.4
413.5
:
:
Two way radio subscriptions
90.4
81.6
81.6
80.9
73.8
-8.8
2003
Table 1. Information society subscriptions indices
Annual %
Change
2000=100
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Mobile telephone subscriptions
60.5
85.5
99.0
155.0
Fixed telephone subscriptions
98.9
99.1
100.6
101.4
Pager subscriptions
95.7
100.0
102.2
102.1
Mobile telephone subscriptions
185.1
218.7
250.8
301.3
Fixed telephone subscriptions
101.9
102.3
103.2
103.2
Pager subscriptions
97.9
98.6
94.4
93.1
Mobile telephone subscriptions
322.1
326.7
346.9
378.2
Fixed telephone subscriptions
103.1
102.8
103.4
102.9
Pager subscriptions
90.6
93.5
89.1
89.1
Mobile telephone subscriptions
375.1
375.9
383.7
396.2
Fixed telephone subscriptions
103.1
103.1
103.1
103.4
Pager subscriptions
88.8
86.3
62.0
86.3
Mobile telephone subscriptions
397.4
404.9
415.3
423.5
Fixed telephone subscriptions
102.8
102.9
102.5
104.6
Pager subscriptions
85.4
83.8
83.9
82.2
2002
2003
2004
Table 2. Telephony subscriptions indices
2000
2001
Chart 1. Telephony subcriptions indices
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Mobile telephone Fixed telephone Pager
3
July - Sept
Oct - Dec
Number of subscriptions (total)
303,980
308,401
4,421
1.5
Contract based subscriptions
22,895
23,780
885
3.9
Card plan subscriptions
281,085
284,621
3,536
1.3
Minutes consumed to mobile networks
31,351,375
31,201,896
-149,479
-0.5
Minutes consumed to fixed lines
9,674,532
9,419,705
-254,827
-2.6
Number of SMS
100,459,923
99,074,020
-1,385,903
-1.4
Number of MMS
100,744
75,452
-25,292
-25.1
WAP (minutes consumed)
26,093
24,467
-1,626
-6.2
2004
Absolute
change
Percentage
change
Table 3. Mobile telephony
2000=100
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Internet
82.4
91.7
103.6
122.4
Cable
96.3
98.9
101.6
103.3
Satellite TV Licences
80.7
92.8
106.3
120.2
Internet
122.4
133.6
146.3
163.5
Cable
104.4
107.3
110.8
112.2
Satellite TV Licences
142.4
163.5
190.6
235.2
Internet
175.8
186.1
196.4
213.3
Cable
112.5
115.9
118.2
118.4
Satellite TV Licences
289.6
336.7
385.8
385.8
Internet
223.6
227.7
232.3
249.2
Cable
119.9
121.7
123.2
123.8
Satellite TV Licences
418.6
412.2
415.4
413.5
Internet
256.1
256.7
272.8
279.8
Cable
124.2
126.7
125.5
125.8
Satellite TV Licences
404.2
398.8
320.2
:
2002
2003
2004
Table 4. Internet, cable and satellite TV licenses indices
2000
2001
Chart 2. Cable, Satellite Licences & Internet Subscriptions
50 140 230 320 410 500 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Internet Cable Satellite TV Licences
4
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Internet Subscriptions 32,534 51,343 67,001 78,260 87,870 8.5 13.0 16.9 19.6 21.9
Narrow Band : : : : 53,582 : : : : 13.3
Broad Band : : : : 34,388 : : : : 8.5
Mobile telephone subscriptions 113,439 220,545 276,859 289,902 308,401 29.7 55.9 69.7 72.5 76.8
Pager Subscriptions 5,336 4,866 4,645 4,511 4,300 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.1
Fixed Telephone lines 204,193 207,745 207,269 208,271 210,706 53.4 52.6 52.2 52.1 52.4
VOIP (minutes Consumed) : : : 3,815,679 6,308,017 : : : : :
Public coin phones : : : 173 170 : : : : :
Public card phones : : : 1,591 710 : : : : :
Public webphones : : : 69 71 : : : : :
Cable television subscriptions 82,934 90,091 95,107 99,732 101,000 21.7 22.8 23.9 24.9 25.1
Satellite receiver licences 4,695 9,189 15,071 15,792 : 1.2 2.3 3.8 3.9 :
T.V Licences : : : : 123,177 : : : : 30.7
Two-way radio licences 1,223 1,189 1,130 981 912 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Source: National Statistics Office
Table 5. Information society indicators per 100 population
Number Per 100 population
As at end of December As at end of December
April - June July - Sept July-Sept Oct - Dec
Number of subscriptions (total) 207,152 206,404 -748 -0.4 206,404 207,664 1,260 0.6
Residential 164,120 166,069 1,949 1.2 166,069 166,501 432 0.3
Business 43,032 40,335 -2,697 -6.3 40,335 41,163 828 2.1
Minutes consumed for local fixed lines 235,729,179 214,999,242 -20,729,937 -8.8 214,999,242 216,785,369 1,786,127 0.8
Residential 177,759,195 158,063,310 -19,695,885 -11.1 158,063,310 156,973,366 -1,089,944 -0.7
Business 57,969,984 56,935,932 -1,034,052 -1.8 56,935,932 59,812,003 2,876,071 5.1
Minutes consumed for international
fixed telephone lines 4,047,765 4,276,647 228,882 5.7 4,276,647 4,074,755 -201,892 -4.7
Number of calls consumed for
Table 6. Fixed telephony
2004 Absolute change Percentage change 2004 Absolute change Percentage change
